News in Brief
PM: Malaysia, Iran to set up joint commissions
BERNAMA – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tehran and Kuala Lumpur have agreed to set up two joint committees – Joint Commission Meeting and Joint Economic Commission – to explore all possibilities of cooperation between the two countries.
Ibrahim made the comments on Wednesday after his phone conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, who held a meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir in Tehran on Tuesday.
Iran’s defense doctrine based on 'deterrence'
IRNA – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said on Wednesday that Iran’s defense doctrine is based on deterrence.
Addressing a group of foreign military attachés in Tehran, Ashtiani said that Iran adheres to all human and moral principles respected by the world and takes military action only against aggression and occupation.
Iran to pursue release of journalist in Afghanistan
TASNIM – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani underlined the ministry’s determined efforts to secure the release of a Tasnim news agency photographer detained by the Taliban.
Mohammad Hossein Velayati, who had legally entered Afghanistan through an air border and had spent ten days in Kabul, was apprehended without a clear explanation upon his return at Kabul Airport on Sunday.